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Bucks County's Rosie the Riveter: Mae Krier receives Congressional medal of honor April 10
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMae Krier’s social calendar makes a 9 to 5 job look like a lark. She’s been to the Pentagon several...
Walking RI: NY philanthropist willed his 1,800-acre estate to RI in 1937 as a sanctuary
The Providence Journal via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoRICHMOND — Theakston de Coppet made his name, and a fortune, by trading stocks and bonds on Wall...
How Disabled People Get Exploited to Build the Technology of War
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe cutting-edge products that Big Tech and the Pentagon are developing could be rebuilding an...
In Honor of Labor Day, 10 Most Influential Women Union Heroes in History
Parade via AOL· 10 months agolabor-day-women-history-jpg Dolores Huerta speaking. Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images Labor Day...
MEMORIAL DAY: It's the cause, not the power, that has defined the valiant U.S. soldier
Examiner Enterprise via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMany years ago, I visited the Shiloh National Park, located on the state borders of Tennessee and...
See how Bucks County's Mae Krier became advocate for nation's 'Rosie the Riveters'
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAbout 19 million American women, who were dubbed Rosie the Riveters, made up the World War II workforce. Among them was Mae Krier, who continues a campaign for women's rights at age 98.
'Yesterday House of Tomorrow' part of estate auction
The Joplin Globe, Mo. via Yahoo News· 12 months agoJun. 30—Once billed as the "Yesterday House of Tomorrow," Joplin's sole all-metal Lustron Home needs a new owner. Named a Joplin historic landmark in 2014, the midcentury modern structure boasting ...